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The Gig Economy or popularly known as Freelance Economy is growing at a phenomenal rate globally reason being, the employers are focusing on hiring temporary and contract professionals due to job market factors and availability of abundant rich pool talent for their short-term projects.

The Aesop fable of the hare and tortoise reminds us that in our daily lives, rushing from start to finish is not necessarily the best course of action.In business however, being slow out of the blocks can be problematic.

I had the privilege of attending the Microsoft WPC, 2012 which was held in Toronto.
This five day conference, held in the first week of July, made all Microsoft Partners such as us, cheer and be even more excited about the business benefits of the software and services.

According to a study by Cisco, by 2015 the Cloud will account for nearly 34% of all data centre traffic in the world. This is no surprise considering that more and more businesses are adopting the Cloud to better their competition

Corporate training is perceived as a bugbear by some and an essential by others. Up-skilling your staff and promoting your own products and services to others should be far more than a “day off” in the eyes of the participants.

This is the second in our series that introduces you to some of our staff who you may know by name, but have not yet met. They are members of our team who make a valuable contribution to our company and also lead active and busy lives outside of work hours.

Staying in a mock medieval French village resort in the cooling Highlands of Malaysia has much to commend it at this time of year. However the purpose of our Vice President Sales & Marketing’s visit to Colmar Tropicale had a far more serious purpose.

Both Anusha Dandekar and the Dalai Lama feature prominently in India’s Google+ rankings. Much as we like the fact that our own Web Synergies Google+ presence also features in the Top 40 of all India Google+ sites

Here is an interesting visualisation of the Internet using the 350,000 largest sites on the web at the time of its release. Alexa was the data source, at the conclusion of 2011 so it is a little dated, but of interest nevertheless.

We are still very trusting when it comes to matters financial but if the recent report from Norton is to be believed, perhaps we shouldn’t be so blasé. They surveyed more than 13,000 online adults aged between 18 and 64, from 24 countries.

Clients will often ask our advice on the subject of online communications. Nothing really surprising in that as we offer consultancy on a variety of business solutions and online communication platforms.

News today that Satya Nadella has become Microsoft’s third chief executive. As Microsoft Gold Partners we congratulate him on this elevation in status and look forward to further innovation and transformation from such an important partner.

Earlier this week I received an email invitation from my friendly tax department and I opened it with the usual trepidation. The content was not as threatening as first feared and contained an invitation to download a tax refund app

While there are some countries in the world where sheep still vastly outnumber the human population, knowledge of this fact reminds us that mustering and maintaining a flock is not without its challenges.